Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Westboro WMA, Worcester, Massachusetts, US

Sep 22, 2025 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Westboro WMA – Leader Nick Paulson. Foggy to start, cool but warming. Focused on CT Warbler habitat first with no luck. Had a few good mixed flocks and good mix of early sparrows.

46 species (+2 other taxa)

Wood Duck  9

Mallard  4

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  6

Killdeer  4

Ring-billed Gull  24

American Herring Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  5

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Pileated Woodpecker  2    One bird following us around, then two near each other.

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Least Flycatcher  1    Small plain flycatcher. Usually stay late here. In mixed flock at Little Chauncy.

Eastern Phoebe  6

Red-eyed Vireo  12    Mixed in with other flocks. Then as we were leaving 6+ in the parking lot.

Blue Jay  25

American Crow  15

Black-capped Chickadee  18

Tufted Titmouse  10

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  25

American Robin  10

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Finch  8

American Goldfinch  12

Chipping Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  8

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  20

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8

Lincoln’s Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  5

new world sparrow sp.  5

Bobolink  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  8

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  10

blackbird sp.  1    Possible Rusty at Little Chauncy, only called once.

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Parula  3

Magnolia Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

Prairie Warbler  1    Heard making a piece of the song.

Northern Cardinal  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S275306344

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2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34 [...]

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